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Jesse James at Bay

194156 minUnited States
Western
Video edition
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Original language
English
This copy runs
53:16
Subtitles
English

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Synopsis

Jesse James robs trains to help settlers buy land from a corrupt banker. The banker retaliates by hiring a man who resembles Jesse to attack the very people the outlaw supports. To expose the arrangement, Jesse must confront the double whose crimes are turning his reputation into a weapon against him.

Cast

DirectorsJoseph Kane

Historical context

Roy Rogers plays both Jesse James and his criminal lookalike. The doubling belongs to the film's invented adventure plot, which casts James as a protector of settlers rather than attempting a dependable biography of the historical outlaw.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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